WILL GIVE BRAINLIEST ANSWER!! The price of Luke's car depreciates every six months. The value of the car, in dollars, tyears after it was purchased, is shown by the following expression.

31,000(0.83)2t
(the 2t is an exponent)

Which statement below best describes the coefficient, 31,000?

A. the price depreciation in a six-month period
B. the original price of the car C. the rate at which the car price is depreciating
D. the number of times the price of the car has depreciated from the original price

The federal reserve controls certain interest rates in the united states. investors often try to speculate as to whether the federal reserve will raise or lower rates and by how much. suppose a company conducts extensive interviews with financial analysts, and as a result, predicts that "thefed" will increase rates by an average of 0.25 percentage points every six months for the forseeable future. which type of equation could be used to model the predicted interest rates over the next several years, assuming no other significant changes? a) a linear equation b) a quadratic equation c) a polynomial equation d) an exponential equation